Sanitary cover for telephone mouthpieces



March 23 1926. 1,578,165

G. B. MULLEN SANITARY COVER FOR TELEPHONE MOUTHPIECES Filed April 8, 1925 WITNESSES INVENTOR 7 6.3. flTuZZen ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

I GEORGE BARTON MULLEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SANITARY COVER FOR TELEPHONE MOU'IHPIECES.

Application filed April 8, 1925. Serial No. 21,616.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MULLEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Queens, Bayside, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sanitary Cover for Telephone Mouthpieces, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a sanitary cover for telephone mouthpieces.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient device that can be dispensed on the market in amanner similar 15 to the ordinary paper cups that are now sold, so that each person desiring to'use the telephone can get a cover and easily slip it over the mouthpiece of the telephone so as to prevent the collection of germs on the mouthpiece, rendering the same unsanitary and liable to transmit disease germs to others using the telephone.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which- Figure 1 shows the side elevation of the telephone with the mouthpiece partially in section with the cover attached; and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the cover.

' The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

The preferred form of the invention is adapted to be applied to a telephone 10 having a mouthpiece 11. Over this mouthpiece a sheet 12 is adapted to be disposed. This 4 sheet has its edges bent over as at 13 to form flanges adapted to engage the edge of the mouthpiece to hold the cover thereon.

Preferably this sheet of material is made of loosely woven fabric, such as cheesecloth, gauze, etc. This "material may be stiffened by treating it with size, by reenforcing with Wires woven thereinto, in any other suitable manner. The material, preferably, is also treated with some suitable chemical agent acting as an antiseptic. It may also be preferable that.the chemical give out a pleasant odor to counteract the disagreeable odor of the disinfectant or antiseptic medium.

\Vhat- I claim is 1 A sanitary cover for'a telephone mouthpiece which comprises a flat circular sheet of loosely woven material impregnated with an antiseptic substance and disposed across the mouthpiece of the telephone transmitter, the edges of the sheet being stiff and bent over the edge of the mouthpiece to hold the cover thereon.

GEORGE BARTON MULLEN. 

